Category: special needs
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Shaming and Blaming Doesn’t Work
I wonder how your child feels with school looming after the Christmas break? Excited, hopeful, enthusiastic, eager. Or… Anxious, worried, fearful, scared, bored, disinterested, angry. I’m guessing more of the latter. Our children with ADHD find school a difficult environment. Regimented, full of rules, strict. Zero tolerance for inappropriate behaviour. An environment so directly opposed…
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Inattentive ADHD In Girls – Why It Can Lead To Anxiety
Please forgive me. For the purposes of this blog I am referring to typical ADHD boys and typical ADHD girls. Your child may not fit the exact criteria and it may appear a tad sexist – but I am talking in general terms as backed by evidence and statistics… Girls have ADHD too. Girls have…
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How Christmas Could Be Damaging Your Child
There is a certain twinkle in the air. The glitter fairy is starting to sprinkle her fairy dust. Adverts reminding us to stock up on gifts, turkey, crackers, stockings, tinsel…Exciting isn’t it? Mmmm. Maybe not. Maybe not for our children who find this time of year at school really difficult. How does this run up…
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Together stronger. Busting the stigma of ADHD
Wowee what a week! Last Saturday we gathered at Holiday Inn in Borehamwood for our event ‘Rethinking ADHD’ and we had an incredible morning of learning, sharing and support. I was delighted that parents had travelled some distances to be with us, namely; Marlow, Portsmouth, Northampton and Oxford and gave up their precious weekend time.…